Lidl has signed an agreement to acquire 27 Best Market stores in New York (26 stores, 24 of which are on Long Island) and New Jersey (Holmdel).

David Green and Melvin Shapiro, co-owners of D&M Management Services which operates 10 Save-A-Lot discount stores in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, have been chosen to receive the “Pete Manos Retail Executive of the Year.”

The United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) $2.9 billion acquisition (including debt) of Supervalu (SVU) was completed on October 22

Price Rite Marketplace earlier this month unveiled its new store prototype with the remodeling of three Pennsylvania stores – Bethlehem, Allentown and Secane.

Buoyed by boosts in their annual capital expenditure funding, two Ahold Delhaize USA (ADUSA) brands (divisions) – Giant/Martin’s and Stop & Shop – will open new store formats before the end of 2018.

Albertsons Companies announced last month that Jim Donald, previously the company’s president and chief operating officer, has been appointed president and chief executive officer.

Giant/Martin's unveils new small market format - Giant Heirloom Market.

On October 4, Giant/Martin's announced that its small-format store on 2300 Bainbridge Street in Philadelphia would be converted to a new concept – Giant Heirloom Market – which is expected to open in December.

FreshDirect, the Northeast’s leading online fresh food grocer, announced September 6 that after 20 years of service, founder and CEO Jason Ackerman has stepped down from his role as chairman and CEO. Co-founder David McInerney is assuming the role CEO and will join the board of directors.

Weis Markets' company execs detail plans at annual vendor meeting, saying the company will continue its path toward steady, sustainable growth.

C&S Wholesale Grocers has named Joe Cavaliere as its chief commercial officer (CCO), a newly created position, effective September 4, 2018.

Five years after it created its newest operating division in Charlotte, NC, Publix has announced that it will build a distribution center complex to supply and support stores that the large retailer operates in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina.

Activist investor Third Point LLC is pushing for a sale of Campbell Soup Co. The management firm, headed by Daniel Loeb, recently acquired a 5.65 percent interest in the Camden, NJ based firm for $686.4 million.

The proposed Albertsons-Rite Aid merger is dead. Fearing a negative outcome, on August 8, the day before the scheduled vote from Rite Aid shareholders to approve a $24 billion merger, both parties called off the deal, ending the hope of both retailers to combine forces.

After vowing to fight a proxy effort to assume board control by New York private investment group Blackwells Capital, Supervalu (SVU) instead made a deal on July 26 to sell its wholesale/retail organization to large specialty food distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) for $2.9 billion ($32.50 per share –…

Tom Lofland has been named president of Safeway's Eastern Division, reporting to Albertsons EVP and Acme Markets president Jim Perkins.

The proxy battle between Supervalu and minority holder Blackwells Capital for control of the wholesaler/retailer’s board will be decided by the company’s shareholders during the shareholders meeting scheduled for August 16 at Supervalu’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN.

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney and his city council can declare victory as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the city’s controversial tax on soft drinks and other sweetened beverages.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld the 1.5-cents-per-ounce tax on soft drinks and other sweetened beverages.

The Fresh Market, Inc. announced July 9 that it plans to close 15 stores in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The proxy battle between Supervalu and minority holder Blackwells Capital for control of the wholesaler/retailer’s board will be decided by the company’s shareholders during the shareholders meeting scheduled for August 16 at Supervalu’s headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN.

Supermarket industry veteran Erik Keptner has been named senior VP-marketing for Wakefern Food Corp.

BJ’s Wholesale Club, operator of 215 club stores in 16 states (primarily on the East Coast), made it official earlier this month by filing a prospectus to launch an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

With so much overstoring and so much diversity in retail styles, the gridlock in the 70-county Food Trade News marketing area continued.

Two months after Supervalu announced it would close or sell its Farm Fresh corporate store retail unit, the company said it would shift merchandising and administrative responsibility for its Retail-East operation (51 Shoppers Food & Pharmacy supermarkets in Baltimore-Washington and 22 former Food Lions that trade as Shop ‘n Save…

Permanent gridlock? Perhaps in a few more years the competitive pressure of the Mid-Atlantic market will abate a bit, but the landscape that food and drug retailers now face seems to be locked in for the foreseeable future.

With the exception of three Hampton Roads locations, Farm Fresh has officially exited the Tidewater market.

Two months after Supervalu announced it would close or sell its Farm Fresh corporate store retail unit, the company said it would shift merchandising and administrative responsibility for its Retail-East operation (51 Shoppers Food & Pharmacy supermarkets in Baltimore-Washington and 22 former Food Lions which trade as Shop ‘n Save…

After a disappointing opening 11 months, Lidl U.S. has replaced its top executive, effective June 15.

In its smallest new store expansion effort since the 1970s, Walmart, which will open fewer than 25 new stores nationally (a mix of Neighborhood Markets and SuperCenters including one in Mount Laurel, NJ in the next two months), will invest $169 million to refurbish 40 existing units in New Jersey,…

Ahold Delhaize announced earlier this month that Dick Boer will step down as CEO as of July 1, 2018 and retire from the company. Deputy chief executive Frans Muller has been appointed to replace Boer as the chief executive officer when Boer retires.

Ahold Delhaize announced earlier this month that Dick Boer will step down as CEO as of July 1, 2018 and retire from the company. Deputy chief executive Frans Muller has been appointed to replace Boer as the chief executive officer when Boer retires.

Supervalu announced last month that it has entered into three separate definitive agreements to sell 21 of its 38 Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy stores for approximately $43 million in cash to two different retailers that operate three different banners: Kroger/Harris Teeter and Food Lion.

Thirteen days after Albertsons Cos. announced that it planned to acquire approximately 2,500 Rite Aid drug stores in a cash-and stock deal, the Boise, ID-based grocery retailer said that it has hired industry veteran Jim Donald to serve as president and COO of the supermarket chain.

Walmart plans to offer same-day home delivery of groceries in the nation’s largest market. The world’s largest merchant also plans to add about 100 other metropolitan areas to its list of grocery delivery locations, which would cover 40 percent of the U.S., by the end of the year.

Supervalu announced on March 14 that it has entered into three separate definitive agreements to sell 21 of its 38 Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy stores for approximately $43 million in cash to two different retailers that operate three different banners: Kroger/Harris Teeter and Food Lion. Of the 21 stores…

Six of the country’s largest food retailers have posted increased comp sales and solid earnings in their most recent financial periods. Walmart, Kroger, Ahold Delhaize, Target, Publix and Costco have all enjoyed sales increases and many have seen their stock prices grow in recent months.

Thirteen days after Albertsons Cos. announced that it planned to acquire approximately 2,500 Rite Aid drug stores in a cash-and stock deal, the Boise, ID-based grocery retailer said that it has hired industry veteran Jim Donald to serve as president and COO of the supermarket chain.

Tops Friendly Markets LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to reorganize in order to eliminate its substantial debt, according to court papers submitted by the Williamsville, NY-based regional chain.

Albertsons Cos. plans to acquire approximately 2,500 Rite Aid drug stores in a cash-and stock deal in which the Boise, ID-based supermarket chain would hold 71 percent of newly combined company that, because of the Camp Hill, PA-based drug chain’s current status, will remain a publicly-traded company.